问答题
O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been Cool"d a long age in the deep-delved earth, Tasting of Flora and the country green,Dance, and Provencal song, and sunburnt mirth!O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth;That I might drink, and leave the world unseen,And with thee fade away into the forest dim:
问答题
Name the author of this poem.(1 point)
【正确答案】正确答案:The author of this poem is John Keats.
【答案解析】
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Discuss how the stanza appeals to our senses through imagery.(2 points)
【正确答案】正确答案:In this stanza, the speaker longs for the oblivion of alcohol, expressing his wish for wine that would taste like the country and like peasant dances. And let him "leave the world unseen" , and disappear into the dim forest with the nightingale. In this stanza, our various senses are stimulated through its imagery. The cool "draught of vintage" appeals to our taste, and the wine leads to the imagination of the warm south of France, where the wine tastes like flowers, dancing, song and happiness. Through this imaginary description we can smell the fragrance of flowers, see "the country green" , hear the "Provencal song" , and feel the warm and joy of South as well. Then in delicious detail, the speaker describes the appearance of the wine, which has little bubbles at that burst, or "wink" at the brim of the beaker, like little eyes, and stains your mouth purple when you drink it, like any strong red wine will do. These two lines arouse our taste and visual sense vividly. This stanza seems to appeal to our sense through the sole imagination about the wine, but the speaker expresses his wish to drink; to forget his problems for a while and to have more carefree state of mind, just like the joyful nightingale.